地理科学学士

拥有学士学位的地理专业包括49个地理学和地球科学学时，以及至少6个学时的跨学科课程（共55个学时）。尽管不要求在地理专业攻读学士学位的学生宣布集中程度，但该专业的正式集中方向包括城市，社会和经济地理，城市和区域规划以及GIS科学与技术。可能会制定其他学习计划，学生应与导师联系以制定符合其职业目标的学习计划。学生应与他们的学术顾问紧密合作，以确保其学习计划适合其职业目标。
A Major in Geography leading to a B.S. degree consists of 49 credit hours of Geography and Earth Sciences and at least six credit hours of extra-departmental coursework.<br>Although students pursuing a B.S. in Geography are not required to declare a concentration, formal concentrations within the major include Urban, Social, and Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, and GIScience and Technology. Other plans of study may be developed, students should contact their advisors to develop a program of study that matches their career objectives. Students should work closely with their academic advisors to ensure that their program of study is tailored to their career goals.<br>The Geography program is oriented toward the concepts and methodologies of social science that stress the importance of location. Geography is the study of spatial variation - of how things vary from place to place on the surface of the earth, how places are connected to each other, and the factors that shape how places interact and change over time.<br>Geography is studied at many levels, from the local to the global, and from many perspectives (i.e., social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental). Conceptual treatment of geographic issues deal with urbanization, globalization, migration, sustainability, patterns of land use, transportation systems, the flow of goods, services, and information, business location, planning for the natural and built environment, and human-environmental interaction in both urban and rural settings. Special emphasis is placed on how these factors shape our world, the places where we live and work, and the ways in which we interact. Geographic analysis involves information technology, mapping and statistical analysis, social area analysis, remote sensing and satellite imagery, and especially the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A host of courses prepare students in both the concepts and methods of contemporary spatial analysis. The department also leads the interdisciplinary Minor in Urban Studies. Geography majors find careers in urban and regional planning, cartography, GIS applications and development, marketing research, transportation planning, real estate development, and teaching. While a wide range of career options are available to undergraduate geography majors, graduate studies provide additional options.